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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What analogy does Paz use to explain Mexico's history?
(a) A child without a family.
(b) A man searching for his wife.
(c) A child without a future.
(d) A man searching for his parents.

2. Why were the Indians not outraged that their religions were replaced with Catholicism? (Chapter Five).
(a) Because they had been reconnected to the world.
(b) Because their gods had betrayed them when Cortez attacked.
(c) Because they were not very connected to their gods.
(d) Because they liked Catholicism better.

3. Why are woman considered inferior people?
(a) They open themselves up in submission.
(b) They are not as intelligent as men.
(c) They are too emotionally attached.
(d) They are not as reticent as men.

4. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?
(a) With an eye toward preventing civil war.
(b) In agreement with her past.
(c) With no regard for the common people.
(d) In opposition to her past.

5. In contrast to the North American, what is one of the most noticeable traits about the Mexican character?
(a) His aversion to horror.
(b) His acceptance of horror.
(c) His disinterest in emotional attachments.
(d) His obsession with love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mexicans perceive an opening-up of one's self?

2. Why did the Spaniards not exterminate the Indians after they were conquered?

3. Why did Catholicism drastically change the Aztec view of life?

4. Paz discusses the result of persecution on the pachuco. What is that result?

5. When Aztec victims were sacrificed, why did their deaths lack personal meaning?

(see the answer key)

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